PS263- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 189 pages long!)
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Psychologists have to make inferences that are based on observations of observable phenomena. We cannot see chemicals released by nerve cells, only their effects. Nervous system is directly manipulated within controlled lab setting. Setting similar to previous but manipulations are pharmalogical. Study the effects of different drugs on behaviour and how effects are mediated by brain. The study of behavioural deficits produced by brain damage in humans. Tests that can facilitate diagnoses, treatment and lifestyle counselling. The recording of physiological responses of humans in behavioural experiments. Study of the evolutionary and genetic factors contributing to behaviour. We cannot observe the unobservable but we can observe the effects of the unobservable. Problem is that we often have to rely on self reports. People"s phenomenology is not always the whole picture. At about 6 weeks, foetuses have 2 sets of undeveloped internal ducts: wolffian system (male) and mullerian system (female)
